Prof. Dr. Dragana Miladinović and Dr. Aleksandra Radanović attended the Fifth Congress "AAB PlantEd: Agricultural Biotechnologies in the Era of Genome Editing" and the meeting within the bilateral project with Turkey titled „Development of CRISPR-mediated resistance to fungal diseases in sunflower—SUNFLOWER-GENOMED (project No. 026 02 07), which were held [...]
Members of the Centre, prof. Dr. Dragana Miladinović, Dr. Ankica Kondić Špika, Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac, participated in the first annual meeting of members of the HelEx project ("HelEx- Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower“, Horizon Europe project, [...]
Climate Crops Centre members, MSc Nemanja Ćuk and MSc Dušan Dunđerski, defended their PhD theses at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture on September 23rd and October 8th, 2024, respectively. Nemanja looked into the ‘Inheritance of resistance to charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in sunflower’. Within his [...]
Workshop 'Omics in Improvement for Drought Tolerance' was organised and hosted by the members of Climate Crops Centre within the Horizon Europe Cropinno project (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-02-01: Stepping up Scientific Excellence and Innovation Capacity for Climate-Resilient Crop Improvement and Production, CROPINNO, Grant Agreement No. 101059784) on September 4 and 5, 2024. [...]
Members of the Climate Crops Centre, Dr. Sandra Cvejić, Dr. Aleksandra Radanović, and Dr. Boško Dedić, together with their colleagues from the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Dr. Nada Hladni and Dr. Vladimir Miklič, participated in the 21st International Sunflower Conference (August 20-24, 2024) which was held in [...]
In June 2024, the Climate Crops Centre member, Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac, participated in the USDA-FAS Cochran Fellowship Program on the topic "Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation" at the North Caroline State University's (NCSU) College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). Sonja was engaged with the USDA Southeast [...]
Siniša Jocić, Climate Crops member, was awarded with the golden cup at Novosadski sajam for his scientific achievements. As part of the committee's award ceremony for Best in Agribusiness, several awards were given in different categories. Dr. Jocić won the award for his innovative research on sunflower genetics and production. [...]
From May 14 to May 16, 2024, the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), a research institute of The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - CSIC) hosted a comprehensive training workshop focused on enhancing communication skills in the field of science. Organized under the Horizon Europe [...]
In a significant advancement for agricultural research, members of the Centre, Dr. Boško Dedić and Dr. Aleksandra Radanović have embarked on a short-term scientific mission at the Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-2): Plant Science (Forschungszentrum Jülich), as part of the Horizon Europe project CROPINNO (Project [...]
The Climate Crops Centre members participated in a workshop on ‘Non-invasive plant phenotyping approaches and research infrastructure management’ and training school ‘Phenotyping summer school’ organised by the Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-2): Plant Science (March 4th–8th, 2024). Participants from Serbia, Italy, Spain, and Germany travelled [...]